Nikbakhtan Lida, Hassan Jalal, Pourshaban-Shahrestani Ali, Ahmadi Seyyed Hamid, Manafi Mohammadreza, Torkian Leila
Department of Chemistry, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Division of Toxicology, Department of Comparative Bioscience, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
MethodsX. 2023 Oct 10;11:102431. doi: 10.1016/j.mex.2023.102431. eCollection 2023 Dec.
This study aimed to compare the elemental composition of traditional and flavored hookah tobacco, with a focus on heavy metals.
We used inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) to analyze the concentrations of 29 elements in the raw tobacco, tobacco ash, hookah water after smoking, and tobacco smoke.
The results showed that the traditional tobacco had significantly higher metal concentrations than the flavored tobacco in all samples. Most of the toxic metals (more than 98 %) remained in the smoke of both types of tobacco. The tobacco and hookah smoke contained high levels of harmful metals that can pose health risks to hookah users.•ICP-MS provides a comprehensive analysis of multiple elements simultaneously and it allows for precise quantification of metal concentrations in different samples.•ICP-MS requires specialized equipment and trained personnel and it may not detect elements present in extremely low concentrations.
本研究旨在比较传统水烟烟草和调味水烟烟草的元素组成，重点关注重金属。
我们使用电感耦合等离子体质谱法（ICP-MS）分析生烟草、烟草灰、吸烟后的水烟水和烟草烟雾中29种元素的浓度。
结果表明，在所有样品中，传统烟草的金属浓度显著高于调味烟草。两种烟草的烟雾中大部分有毒金属（超过98%）残留。烟草和水烟烟雾含有高水平的有害金属，会对水烟使用者构成健康风险。
•电感耦合等离子体质谱法可同时对多种元素进行全面分析，并能精确量化不同样品中的金属浓度。
•电感耦合等离子体质谱法需要专门设备和经过培训的人员，且可能无法检测极低浓度存在的元素。
